Teachers in South Canterbury in 1885

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives,
1886 Session I, E-01

The Board was created by the "The Education Act, 1877." The first meeting of
the board was on the 30th April. Up to this time the affairs of the district had
been administrated by the North Canterbury Board. The following gentlemen were
duly elected as the Board:
Samuel W. Goldsmith, Chairman of the South Canterbury Education Board. His
report is on page 67.
Rev. George Barclay
Melville Gray
Edward Wakefield M.H.R.
Richard A. Barker
John Talbot
William Jukes Steward M.H.R.
George Grey Russell
Charles J. Foster, LL.D.

The only new school have been opened during the year is the Upper Waitohi
Flat School. The number of schools in the district at the end of the years was
45. Another school district has been formed - Rangatira Valley District. Roll at
the end of the year - 4,201 as against 4,067 at the end of 1884, an increase of
136, and an average attendance being 3,340 as against 3,220 for 1884, and
increase of 120. In the earlier part of the year the average attendence
was seriously affected by the prevalence of diphtheria.

Timaru Herald, 3 June 1890, Page 2
The Timaru School Committee last night ran down the scale of economy in trifles
to the very bottom. The janitor asked for a new case to a portable boiler he
uses to heat water for cleaning the schoolrooms. It was stated the case he now
has has been in use about 15 years, and surprise was expressed that there was
any of it left at all. A member suggested that it would be better to "set" the
boiler in brick as more economical of fuel, but this would cost rather more. The
chairman said the committee could not afford either casing or setting, and other
members were sure the board would not pay for either. Several propositions were
then offered — "Sell the boiler and buy a big saucepan to stand on a school
grate." — " Mortgage it and buy a casing." The forlorn hope seemed to have been
reached in "stand it on four bricks," but this was capped by the hopeless ."
Refer it to the board."

North Otago Times, 11 August 1896, Page 2
Miss Agge Goodall is the youngest daughter of Mr G. A. Goodall, of Hilderthorpe,
and at present is teaching in her brother's school at Makikihi, in South
Canterbury.